Author Topic: Tophe's slanting views (Read 356861 times)

Tophe · « **Reply #925 on:** March 07, 2017, 12:29:08 AM »

Quote from: kerick on March 06, 2017, 01:12:17 PM

Cut the two out side booms off and it looks a little retro Naboo!

Like this? Thanks!

AXOR · « **Reply #926 on:** March 07, 2017, 05:23:18 AM »

looks very good

Kerick · « **Reply #927 on:** March 07, 2017, 08:27:44 AM »

Take the first image, remove the center engine and blend the center pod into the wing and it would be perfect.
Oh, and make it very shiny!!

Tophe · « **Reply #928 on:** March 07, 2017, 01:26:12 PM »

Thanks AXOR!

Like this, Kerick?:

Tophe · « **Reply #929 on:** March 15, 2017, 01:19:55 PM »

These Lightnings L-3800/3801/3802 prove that the Lockheed TriStar, later, was not a copy of the Douglas DC-10:

Tophe · « **Reply #930 on:** March 15, 2017, 08:13:44 PM »

The L-3803 was an airliner:

Tophe · « **Reply #931 on:** March 16, 2017, 03:37:37 AM »

Another jet-Lightning was smaller/different, and built by VFW-Fokker (VFW-338):

Tophe · « **Reply #932 on:** March 17, 2017, 01:24:23 AM »

Another combination of Jet-Lightning:

apophenia · « **Reply #933 on:** March 17, 2017, 01:42:00 AM »

Now you just need a version with the L1011's tail jet-intake 'S' bend

Tophe · « **Reply #934 on:** March 17, 2017, 02:23:46 PM »

Thanks! Here are the Lockheed-Apophenia L-3811, 3812, 3813!

Tophe · « **Reply #935 on:** March 17, 2017, 03:07:22 PM »

The L-3813 won all the contracts in America, with the "great" advantage that rich passengers have not to suffer the bad smell of poor passengers...

Tophe · « **Reply #936 on:** March 24, 2017, 01:53:19 AM »

There were also single-jet Lightnings:

Tophe · « **Reply #937 on:** March 25, 2017, 03:55:21 PM »

The RF-13 Reco-Fortress was the best fortress for observation:

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #938 on:** March 26, 2017, 03:12:20 AM »

Interesting

finsrin · « **Reply #939 on:** March 29, 2017, 01:49:55 PM »

Quote from: Tophe on March 25, 2017, 03:55:21 PM

The RF-13 Reco-Fortress was the best fortress for observation:

Nice - like to build this one. :)

Tophe · « **Reply #940 on:** March 30, 2017, 01:34:37 AM »

Building it as scale model? Interesting... but... to have the same tail area, I have used a 70% ratio (square root of 2, divided by 2, equals abour 70%. So twice the square of it gives the same as the source, and mixing 144th/72nd does not fit: 50%, 72nd/48th makes 67% maybe acceptable but I fear there is no 1/48 kit for the B-29...

finsrin · « **Reply #941 on:** March 30, 2017, 03:01:41 PM »

Those are informed comments. :)
What I would check out is starting with 1/72 B-29.
Besides 1/144 B-29; measured two box scale kits at approx 1/130 and 1/120. See if one of those fits/looks close enough for styrene imagineering.

Tophe · « **Reply #942 on:** April 04, 2017, 12:27:00 PM »

Do you want me to draw an 1/72 + 1/125 combination? This is rather easy. Just confirm and I will (someday, maybe not immediately).

finsrin · « **Reply #943 on:** April 04, 2017, 12:33:06 PM »

Thanks. Please do when convenient.

Tophe · « **Reply #944 on:** April 05, 2017, 12:31:02 AM »

I found time to do it today, at last: :)

Tophe · « **Reply #945 on:** April 09, 2017, 02:47:47 PM »

The RF-13C had internal booms and non-reduced tailplanes (because not doubled):

Tophe · « **Reply #946 on:** April 09, 2017, 11:50:14 PM »

But, as far as I am concerned, I prefer the asymmetric RF-13D:

Tophe · « **Reply #947 on:** April 15, 2017, 02:40:53 PM »

Where did the Lockheed P-38 come from? A tailless fighter design, it seems, years before the Northrop XP-56:

finsrin · « **Reply #948 on:** April 15, 2017, 03:01:46 PM »

Appreciate B-29 based recon configurations.
Makes building one more plausible.
Thanks

Tophe · « **Reply #949 on:** April 15, 2017, 09:14:15 PM »

Thanks to you...
If you have other ideas about a double-tail B-29, maybe I could illustrate this.

In the meantime, I go on with my Lightning delirium: here are parasol-wing Lightnings (the Floaty GB is finished so I post this here)...


Swords to Plowshares GB Now Open!!

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